Retrospective reports in organizational research: A reexamination of recent evidence

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Miller, CC; Cardinal, LB; Glick, WH
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/257026
• 发表日期: 1997
• 页码: 189-204
• 关键词: STRATEGIC TYPES; performance; reliability; INFORMANTS; ARCHIVAL; validity; miles; work

摘要

Retrospective reports of important organizational phenomena are commonly used in strategic management and organization theory research. A recent study, however, suggested that these reports tend to be inaccurate and seriously questioned their use. Our reexamination of this study suggests the situation is not so dire. Our work suggests that retrospective reporting is a viable research methodology if the measure used to generate the reports is adequately reliable and valid. Retrospective reports should neither be rejected nor used indiscriminately.